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Cabo Delgado Crisis: Situation Report 15 April - 3 May 2021 Format HIGHLIGHTS In total, over 697,500 people have been displaced due to insecurity and violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique since 2017 (IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix [DTM] Baseline, March 2021). IOM Director of Operations and Emergencies Jeff Labovitz visited Cabo Delgado and Maputo (24 April—2 May) to meet partners, and affirm IOM’s support for the humanitarian response. IOM is working with humanitarian partners to carry out multi-sectoral assessments to guide the delivery of humanitarian supplies, including in hardto-reac...

Mozambique town remains traumatised weeks after deadly jihadist attack The jihadists swooped on the coastal town on March 24, killing dozens of people and triggering an exodus that included workers on a multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. People wait for their relatives and friends to arrive in Pemba on 1 April 2021, from the boat of evacuees from the coasts of Palma. More than a thousand people evacuated from the shores of the town of Palma arrived at the sea port of Pemba after insu...

Palma in Mozambique remains "traumatised" six weeks after a jihadist attack that forced residents to flee. Many people still feel unsafe and are leaving the area daily, heading for Pemba in boats and on foot. Two weeks ago, a resident who had returned to his home after fleeing the attack was found beheaded. Maputo – Six weeks after it was raided by Islamic State (ISIS)-linked fighters, the northern Mozambican town of Palma remains deeply traumatised and hundreds of its residents flee each day, survivors and aid workers say. The jihadists swooped on the coastal town on 24 March, killing doze...

The UN said on Friday that tens of thousands of people had fled the northern Mozambican town of Palma following jihadist attacks late last month that left dozens dead.

IOM’s Emergency Director in Mozambique: Communities Uprooted by Recent Violence in Palma Require Greater Support Format IOM’s Director for Operations and Emergencies listens to communities affected by the recent violence in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique. © Sandra Black/IOM Pemba – Nearly 30,500 people displaced by recent violence in northern Mozambique face increased hardship as the humanitarian situation intensifies across Cabo Delgado province. Funds are urgently needed to respond to the emergency, which has displaced nearly 700,000 since the onset of violence in October 2017. IO...